To refresh from my last blog post, we were doing an art challenge to compare Sakura Coupy-Pencils to the Crayola Crayons I grew up with in Canada. 

Just like the Coupy-Pencil drawing, I started out with a white outline. What I love about Crayola crayons is the unique colour names that they use instead of standard names. I love the wild strawberry. 

Next, we’re going to lay down the yellow and green colours.

The next step is to put the brown colours for shadows in the ice cream scoop. 

Next, we’re going to fill in more detail with additional colours.

Filling in the background with black and browns, and we’re done!

Here are the drawings side by side! Sakura Coupy-Pencils are on the left and Crayola crayons are on the right. The results are pretty similar. I feel that I had more control with the Coupy-Pencils when filling in finer details like the cherry. I would not say that one is better than the other because the crayons themselves are very different. Coupy-Pencils are plastic based, resulting in smoother and crisp lines, while Crayola crayons are wax based, resulting in grittier lines. In order to get the results you want, you have to understand the abilities and limitations of each product. I really like both of them. 

After I finished my illustrations, I ordered some matcha ice cream at Denny’s! Yum! 

Thanks for reading, and I hope you’ll join me again in another art challenge!

ニューオリンズは、アメリカ南部ルイジアナ州の州都です。ミシシッピ川河口、ジャズの生まれた町、カフェデュモンドのドーナツのカフェオレ・・・などさまざま有名なものがあります。映画シェフにも出てきますね。このニューオリンズ周辺は湿地帯が多く、川を下ってワニを探すツアーもあります。この写真も生きたワニを持って少し興奮しているところです。あまり気持ちのいいものではありませんが。

Hello everyone!

So last year.. we weren’t able to travel anywhere.

This year, me and my family decided to go to Fukui.

Here are some photos I took at Tsuruga beach.

At first the sea was calm but then it started raining and the waves got bigger and bigger.

I hope y’all like it.

おはようございます。

講師の鷲見でございます。

今日は、こちらの写真です。

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先日、久々に早起きをしました。この写真は、朝5時の空です。

朝日が神々しく空から降りていて、とても好きな光景です。

私と同じように、散歩をしながら同じ空の写真を撮っている人もいました。

前もご紹介したかもしれませんが、早起きする人のことを、英語では、morning bird といいます。朝には鳥がチュンチュン鳴いていますよね。鳥は早起きなので、そこからきた言葉でしょう。

morning bird と対比して、nIght owl という単語があります。これは、「夜遅くまで起きている人」「夜ふかしする人」のことを指します。owl はフクロウです。夜起きていますからね。ちなみに、owl は、オウルではなく、アウルと呼びます。間違えやすいので、注意してください。

生徒の皆さんも、ラジオ体操や部活で早起きをしている方も多いのではないでしょうか。くれぐれも暑さに気をつけて、過ごしてくださいね！

鷲見

Hey y’all!!!!!!!

Long time, no see! I am so excited to be back from my escapades in the States! That place is crazier than I remember… It was so good to see my friends and family though! I missed them all terribly… Throughout the next few blogs I will talk about my trip, but I wanted to take this time to express my gratitude to everyone that was involved in making my trip happen.

To the Hello!s staff, each every one of y’all are literally the reason I could make this trip possible. Thank you for working hard, covering classes and encouraging me to take this time to see my family. 

To my students and students parent’s, thank YOU for being so understanding and continuing to work hard despite my absence. I am truly stoked to see all on you next week! I hope y’all like sour candy!!!!!

Along with my next few blogs, I made a series of crazy Kotsu Kotsu videos that I think y’all will enjoy. You will get a little glimpse into my family home and grocery store! SO GET READY!!!

See y’all in class!